The roid-rager has intentionally hurt more NHL players than Matt Cooke.One day he will do that to the wrong guy, maybe a Bruin and someone with a short fuse like Lucic will Bertuzzi him.When that happens, Caps fans may have something to whine about. Til then... ta-da.

Anyone have a link to a good one? I couldn't find one that was particulary interesting or active.

Here's a very well informed, non-biased opinion from the Official site's board:

Posted Today, 03:35 PMThe head was not targeted, the principle point of contact was the shoulder. Yes he did leave his feet but does the league really want to go down the road of calling anyone who leaves there feet for a hit in for a meeting? Every game I would guess you would be looking at 3-4 meetings minimum.

View PostChazFDC, on 23 January 2012 - 06:39 PM, said:However, If Ovi gets 3 games for this I think Michalek deserved at LEAST 1 game for his hit on Hendricks. Not as mad at the way Ovi was punished as I am the way Michalek wasn't.

Exactly. I wonder if the pro-Penguin broadcast group had something to do with that. Ovie's hit was "definitely suspendable"....but Michalek's was just "graphic." Suspension was never mentioned on the air when that happened. Really can't use "Ovie's hit resulted in contact to the head" as a reason for suspension if you don't hold Michalek to the same standard. By that argument, Michalek's hit was a greater violation since his elbow was the principle point of contact.

QuoteMalkin, meanwhile, continues to be the league’s sneakiest dirtiest player, enabled by officials who continue to allow him to go scot-free for plays such as the one midway through the first period of the match at the Garden on Thursday where he low-bridged Brian Boyle to avoid a check and in doing so sent the Ranger up and over.

It was an act distinct from the one that got Brad Marchand suspended for going low on Vancouver’s Sami Salo only by speed, distance and the absence of league discipline.

Wow, I was expecting at least a fine for Z. I thought that being called for a hearing with the league over a hit was pretty much a guarantee of a fine at minimum. Sort of makes up for the no penalty/no fine/no suspension elbow that Carlson put on Cooke a couple of months ago.

I'm guessing their reasoning was that Hendricks put himself in a vulnerable position and Michalek has a spotless reputation. Probably talked to him about how the onus is still on him to not hit Hendricks there and if it happens again he will have to face supplemental discipline.